Francesco Boretti

Born in a village close to Florence, Francesco Boretti (1922-1995)spent his life between Tuscany and Liguria (Italy).
A self-taught artist, in 1960 he started devoting himself to painting. In his work symbols,perceptions and sensations turn into an abstract synthesis, where subjects are never reproduced exactly as they are, but always treated with an intense chromatism.
His style can be roughly referred to as a kind of Abstract Expressionism.

Francesco Borettis work is born out of the necessity to express emotion, thoughts and feelings.His art transforms reality through a strong and very personal use of colour.

At a very young age, he fought in the Second World War, first as a partisan in the surroundings of Florence, then on the so-called Gothic Line as an officer-interpreter for the English Eighth Army.
A teacher of Gymnastics, he eventually graduated in Natural Sciences.
A self-taught artist, in 1960 he started devoting himself to painting: at the beginning, he used gloomy and monochromatic tones that reflected a very sad moment of his existence, but when life finally acquired a meaning for him, his artwork burst out in a phantasmagoria of colours and sensations turning into an abstract synthesis through a strong and extremely personal use of colour which expresses a deep love of life.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS.

1997. Retrospettiva Galleria Cristina Busi" CHIAVARI (Ge) ITALY - via Martiri della Liberazione,195 - phone : +39-0185-31 19 37

1974 - Paintings by Francesco Boretti The Italian Cultural Institute MONTREAL, CANADA

1974 - Personale di Francesco Boretti Albergo San Carlo SAN CARLO (MASSA) ITALY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS.
1984 - Collettiva Galleria "Il Quadrato" VIAREGGIO (Lu), ITALY

1974 - Paintings by Francesco Boretti, Gallery Bernard Desroches MONTREAL, CANADA

1972 - Paintings ...